January Favourites

Here is my first monthly favourites of 2014! I have been excited to put this up, as I have a few new products that I haven't mentioned before. Let me know if you would like individual reviews on any of these products. I have a couple planned already!

 

 

 

 

I would love to know your favourite products from January. I hope you have all had a nice start to the new year.

 

Bloglovin' | Twitter | Facebook | Youtube

Beauty giveaway

When I reached 1000 followers, I started buying some products to do a giveaway with. I kept looking for more products to buy to add to the giveaway and I just never got around to doing it! I thought I would do a nice little giveaway for you today with the products I bought because I think you will like them.

These are all products which I love and use, so I thought they would be lovely things to giveaway. Also, next month is Valentine's day, so if you are going out you could use some of these to get ready!

I am using Rafflecopter for this giveaway so to enter just follow the steps on there.

This giveaway is international!

All you need to do is sign in on the Rafflecopter widget below and complete the entries. Some are compulsory and others will just give you extra extries.

There will be one winner and I will contact them within 24 hours of the giveaway ending.

This giveaway will run for 3 weeks, so from 5th January to 26th January. Good luck!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Bloglovin' | Twitter | Facebook | Youtube

Skincare Routine: Evening

Hello! Todays post is going to be my evening skincare routine. If you would like to read more about my skin type and products I use in the morning then I wrote a morning skincare routine post the other week! I love reading skincare posts and seeing which products work for other people so I hope you enjoy this.

I start off by cleansing my skin and recently I have been using the Soap and Glory Peaches and Clean cleanser. I used to use my Emma Hardie cleanser morning and evening, however my mum bought this so I tried it and I really like it! It definitely doesn't feel as luxurious as the Emma Hardie balm but I love the texture as it's very soft and creamy. I usually use a muslin cloth with this to remove it which I find works well and it removes face and waterproof eye makeup brilliantly! Also, it smells so yummy!

When I bought my Origins Ginzing moisturiser, I also bought the High Potency Night-A-Mins cream for the evening. I absolutely love this moisturiser and it smells incredible! I have never been happy with my moisturisers before but I am really happy with my morning and evening Origins ones. This feels very hydrating and nourishing on my skin without leaving it greasy or heavy! I bought the oil free version as my skin is combination and for drier skin there is a non oil free one!

The eye cream I use is the Origins Ginzing eye cream. I also use this in the morning so spoke about it a lot in my morning skincare post. You can pop over there if you'd like to read about it to save me rambling again!

Finally I thought I would also mention the lip balm I use because I love this! I mentioned this a while ago in my lip balms post and have been using it religiously ever since! I use this morning, during the day and then I use a lot at night as I find it really hydrates my lips and leaves them nice and soft.

That's everything I use in the evening on my skin, I hope you have enjoyed this post! I am planning on writing a skincare post of extras such as masks, treatments and more targeted products so please let me know if you would like me to write that!

I hope you're all having a lovely day and please let me know in the comments what your favourite skincare products are!

Bloglovin' | Twitter | Facebook | Youtube

Skincare Routine: Morning

Hello! I hope you are all having a great week and summer! I am back from my holiday to Ireland which was so much fun. I thought I would write a skincare post for you because I am so happy with this routine and haven't changed it for months now which is very rare for me!

This post is going to be my morning skincare routine! My morning routine is very short so I thought I would do another post on my evening skincare routine and masks/treatments as well if you would like to read one of those! 

My skin is combination as my nose gets very oily throughout the day and the rest of my face is pretty normal. I do get the occasional breakout now and then, however my skin has actually been very good and clear since I have been using all of these products!

I start the morning by cleansing my face using my Emma Hardie Amazing Face Cleansing Balm. I absolutely love this cleanser and I can honestly say it is the best I have ever tried! It is fairly expensive though so if you know of any other cleansing balms that are nice then please let me know! I do love this one though as my skin is left feeling so soft and hydrated. It also removes all of my makeup, including waterproof eye makeup very easily and gently so I don't need a separate makeup remover.

I recently bought the Origins Ginzing Energy Boosting Moisturiser which is amazing! Moisturisers are the one product I have never been happy with. I am constantly trying different moisturisers and I never repurchase the same one twice. I bought this one about 2 months ago now though and it is my favourite as it works so well for my skin! It is oil free and leaves my skin looking hydrated and radiant without being at all greasy.

Finally, the eye cream I use is the Origins Ginzing eye cream. I rediscovered this about a month ago and I have fallen back in love with it! I had a mini one which I took with me on holiday and then when I got home I found my full size and have been using it since. This is a lovely eye cream as it's so refreshing and gentle around the eyes. You may know I was using the Elemental Herbology eye elixir before I went on holiday which I still have and it's lovely, however it's expensive and I just don't think it's worth it!

That is it for my morning skincare routine! The only thing I would like to incorporate into this is a toner, so please leave me a comment if you have any recommendations. Also let me know if you would be interested in an evening routine post :)

I hope you are all having a lovely day! Let me know in the comments below your favourite skincare products!

Bloglovin' | Twitter | Facebook | Youtube

Origins Super Spot Remover

Hello! I hope you are all having a wonderful day :)

I have never owned any specific spot treatments before because I never really get spots, so have never needed one. Last month however, my skin went a little crazy and started breaking out a lot, so Natalie recommended I try the Origins Super Spot Remover!

The bottle of this is teeny tiny, but you really do only need the tiniest amount each time so this will last for ages! The product itself is a clear gel which you squeeze out of the top. I then just dab a little bit over any spots or problem areas I have. I only use this at night time as it does tighten a bit, so I don't know how makeup would sit over it, plus I wouldn't want my spot to look dry in the daytime!

Last month I used this religiously every evening on my blemishes and they have all completely gone! I do have a little bit of redness left where some of them were, however I am still using this every few nights which is helping that to fade. Most of my spots reduced in size pretty quickly and completely disappeared within a few days to a week. I did have a few stubborn ones which hung around a little longer, but they were extremely teeny tiny and I could only see them when I looked in my magnified mirror with a light! Haha :)

I am very very impressed with this and would highly recommend this spot treatment! I have had about two spots pop up within this last week, so I used this on them every night for a few days and they disappeared!

Have you ever tried it? I would love to know if you have any other Origins recommendations too! I have a  few of their masks and love them :)

This is available here for £11.70.

I hope you are all having a lovely weekend! I am off on holiday tomorrow with my parents to the seaside! I will try and take lots of photos and hopefully the weather will be lovely :)

Youtube | Twitter | Facebook | Bloglovin'

New Origins Dr. Weil Serum!

I have never owned any Origins products before, however I have heard several amazing things about them so I was eager to try their products. I popped in to my local counter the other week and the Origins lady gave me a sample of their new Dr. Weil mega-brightening skin tone correcting serum. (What a mouthful!) This serum claims to even out your skin tone by helping with discolouration, damage and blemish marks.

I have had this for 4 weeks now and have used it approximately 3 - 4 times per week and the sample is still going strong! I absolutely love it.

I have never had any problems with serious discolouration so I cannot be certain how much this would help, however I do get slight redness on my face and this has definately helped and evened out my skin. I apply this before my foundation in the mornings and it makes my skin look amazing! My skin looks radiant and natural.

This is priced at £46 for 30ml which may seem a lot but my sample is only 5ml and has lasted me a very long time.

Currently if you purchase this from Origins you get a FREE Vitazing 30ml moisturiser and FREE delivery!! How exciting.